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7 BEST PRACTICES FOR SIMPLIFYING DATA CENTER CABLE MANAGEMENT

Introduction
PRESENTED BY Data center cable management is often considered a problem reserved for network engineering teams , but bad cable design can wreak havoc across your entire enterprise .

Download whitepaper “ Spaghetti ” cabinets and other symptoms of illconsidered cabling make it more difficult to complete equipment installations , troubleshooting , and maintenance . They can create an unsafe operating hereienvironment for your equipment by restricting airflow

to racks , trapping dust , keeping cables warm , and making it impossible to understand at a glance how your devices are connected . Bad cable management practices can even hinder modern data center environments from adapting to new technologies like IoT and big data , provisioning IT resources on demand to support business innovation , and utilizing data center capacity to promote scalability , efficiency , and cost effectiveness .
More organizations are recognizing the importance of good cable management for modern data centers . As a result , they are investing time and resources in the planning and implementation of their network infrastructure . Yet , despite improvements to cable design and installation , many still struggle to instill good data center cable management behaviors across their environments . What they need is a
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